You know, my yoga teachers, and many other wise people, have always said, put your intentions out there with an open heart and just see what comes back to you.

Can I just say, I have been so busy keeping up with all the wonderful opportunities that are suddenly coming my way, that I barely have had the time to write about them. And I want to share my thoughts!

First off, regarding the title of today’s blog. Let’s define the word “funsy”, shall we? (Pronounced “fuhn-zee”) In the urban dictionary, which I rather enjoy, the word funsy is defined as “the sarcastic suggestion that something provides enjoyment or amusement”. It is a favorite expression of the character Gorgeous Rosensweig, one of the key characters in the play The Sisters Rosensweig, which I saw, and thoroughly enjoyed, at Capital Repertory Theatre last night. It runs until February 19th and tickets are very reasonably priced and still available. That is my not so subtle hint that you should get up away from your televisions for one evening (at least) and take this affordable opportunity to engage.

What else have I been up to while I have been away from facebook?

In a nutshell, everything. I went to The Clark in Williamstown and saw the ever so small, but wonderful, Degas and Rembrandt exhibit. I am almost done reading my “book of the moment”, How Georgia Became O’Keefe. ( I highly recommend) I have spent more wonderful time with my kids and I have shared some glasses of wine with dear friends and have had meaningful, fulfilling chats.

1. My biggest pet peeve is when people take cheap shots to make someone, anyone, feel inadequate, just for the sake of attention and “yay sayer” approval, and because they have nothing more valuable or creative to contribute. (and there is a LOT of this on facebook)

2. I am 100% vehemently, passionately, adamantly, for the underdog.

3. Taking the opportunity to just sit back and be an observer can be illuminatingly eye opening in a very brief amount of time.

4. As a child, I instinctively loved and was drawn, to art. (Growing up later I resisted it, thinking it was “beyond” me) This childhood memory came flooding back to me as I stood in The Clark looking at a specific painting of which I cannot even remember the artists name. But that painting, and the moment of the recollection, is imprinted in my body and my brain.

5. I am so much more, you are so much more, we are all so much more, than we give ourselves credit for.

6. Reading fuels my brain and my heart.

7. I have deeply missed the Arts. More than I was ever willing to admit. I avoided anything that reminded me of my past for a long time and now that I am once again allowing my creative person to come out, in all her true colors, it feels like coming home.

7. Trying to make others happy will never make you happy.

8. Never underestimate people.

9. There is a lot of love in this world. If you give love you really do get it back in heaps. And I can now speak from true experience and not just because I read it on a cute poster somewhere.